Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, leading a high-level government delegation, left Kabul to Geneva, Switzerland, to attend the 37th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council today.
While in Geneva, Abdullah is expected to meet with Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Norway and Switzerland, the President of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres...
Popular Bollywood actor Sridevi passed away on Saturday night after a cardiac arrest.
The news was confirmed by Sridevi’s brother-in-law Sanjay Kapoor.
Sridevi was with her husband and younger daughter Khushi in Dubai at the time of her death.
The Kapoor family were in Dubai to attend the wedding of Mohit Marwah.
According to a report in Indian Express, Sanjay Kapoor confirmed the news by saying, “Yes,...
Six Taliban group members who were involved in planting Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on roadsides were arrested by the Afghan security forces in Nangarhar province.
A press release from Nangarhar governor’s office stated that the men were involved in planting mines in Pachiragam and Chaparhar districts.
The statement added that the men have confessed to their crime.
The anti-government armed militant groups frequently use Improvised Explosive...
A high-level NATO delegation visited Afghanistan from February 23 to 24 and reaffirmed their commitment to lasting peace in the war-torn country, the Resolute Support (RS) mission said on Saturday.
Headed by Gen. General Curtis Scaparrotti, the supreme allied commander for Europe, the delegation included permanent representatives to NATO from Germany, Italy, Turkey and the United States.
Gen. Scaparrotti met General John Nicholson, RS commander,...
Millions of Afghanis in revenue have been lost to municipalities in the western provinces due to corruption, weak bureaucracies and a breakdown of law.
In addition, some 82 development projects have not taken off because either the money was embezzled or the implementation was poor.
On the basis of information provided by local authorities in the western zone, 54 of the projects were in Herat...
Shockingly high numbers of cases of violence against women have again raised a red flag on the issue and concerns that the fight to change the demographic is nowhere near done.
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) registered 4,000 cases over the past 11 months. Latifa Sultani, head of women’s rights at the commission, says cases of physical violence were the most reported...
Peace is a casualty in Afghanistan as the conflict deepens with the US and Taliban digging into their respective entrenched positions.
US President Donald Trump, who announced last year that he would not pull out troops from the country, sent in more military and stepped up aerial bombardments.
Over the past year, the Taliban carried out ferocious armed attacks on civilians including in heavily-guarded locations...
Over 20 Afghan National Army soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in Farah province overnight.
Farah provincial council official Dadullah Qani said the attack started at about 2 am in Bala Kansak area of Bala Block district and 25 army soldiers were killed.
Qani added that the Taliban also captured two soldiers and stole a large amount of weapons.
Farah security...
Afghan Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Fighters Baz Mohammad Mubariz and Ahmad Wali Hotak scored more wins in Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB).
The two Afghan athletes managed to defeat their Ukrainian and Scottish fighters during the latest ACB competition in Dubai last night.
Hotak appeared in the first fight against his Ukrainian rival Vladislav Stepanov by fighting in all three rounds and managed to end the...
At least two people were killed and five injured in two separate suicide attacks in Helmand province.
Local officials said that the first attack happened in Lashkargah, provincial capital, and the second happened in Nad Ali district.
Taliban claimed credit for both.
Omar Zowak, provincial governor’s spokesman, said that one employee of National Directorate of Security (NDS) was killed and three civilians were injured in the...
